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Brown Pre-calculus, p. 602

PT: Probabalistic reasoning

RW: States

Comment on the following reasoning:

There are 3 states whose names begin with the letter C (California, Colorado, Connecticut); call them the "C-states."  Likewise, there are 3 "O-states" (Ohio, Oklahoma, and Oregon). Thus, if a person is chosen at random from the U.S. population, that person has the same probability of being from a "C-state" as from an "O-state."


Key to Problem Bank:

M: Misconception PT: Probability Topic RW: Real World Topic